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d543e20b 1;;; custom.el -- Tools for declaring and initializing options.
41487370 2;;
70647e33 3;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
41487370 4;;
d543e20b 5;; Author: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
32651a48 6;; Maintainer: FSF
d543e20b 7;; Keywords: help, faces
d543e20b 8
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9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
11;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
14;; any later version.
15
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23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
24;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
25
d543e20b 26;;; Commentary:
41487370 27;;
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28;; This file only contain the code needed to declare and initialize
29;; user options. The code to customize options is autoloaded from
70647e33 30;; `cus-edit.el' and is documented in the Emacs Lisp Reference manual.
41487370 31
d543e20b 32;; The code implementing face declarations is in `cus-face.el'
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33
34;;; Code:
35
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36(require 'widget)
37
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38(defvar custom-define-hook nil
39 ;; Customize information for this option is in `cus-edit.el'.
40 "Hook called after defining each customize option.")
41
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42;;; The `defcustom' Macro.
43
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44(defun custom-initialize-default (symbol value)
45 "Initialize SYMBOL with VALUE.
46This will do nothing if symbol already has a default binding.
47Otherwise, if symbol has a `saved-value' property, it will evaluate
48the car of that and used as the default binding for symbol.
49Otherwise, VALUE will be evaluated and used as the default binding for
50symbol."
bd042c03 51 (unless (default-boundp symbol)
25ac13b5 52 ;; Use the saved value if it exists, otherwise the standard setting.
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53 (set-default symbol (if (get symbol 'saved-value)
54 (eval (car (get symbol 'saved-value)))
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55 (eval value)))))
56
57(defun custom-initialize-set (symbol value)
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58 "Initialize SYMBOL based on VALUE.
59If the symbol doesn't have a default binding already,
60then set it using its `:set' function (or `set-default' if it has none).
61The value is either the value in the symbol's `saved-value' property,
62if any, or VALUE."
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63 (unless (default-boundp symbol)
64 (funcall (or (get symbol 'custom-set) 'set-default)
70647e33 65 symbol
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66 (if (get symbol 'saved-value)
67 (eval (car (get symbol 'saved-value)))
68 (eval value)))))
69
70(defun custom-initialize-reset (symbol value)
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71 "Initialize SYMBOL based on VALUE.
72Set the symbol, using its `:set' function (or `set-default' if it has none).
73The value is either the symbol's current value
74 \(as obtained using the `:get' function), if any,
75or the value in the symbol's `saved-value' property if any,
76or (last of all) VALUE."
6d528fc5 77 (funcall (or (get symbol 'custom-set) 'set-default)
70647e33 78 symbol
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79 (cond ((default-boundp symbol)
80 (funcall (or (get symbol 'custom-get) 'default-value)
81 symbol))
82 ((get symbol 'saved-value)
83 (eval (car (get symbol 'saved-value))))
84 (t
85 (eval value)))))
86
87(defun custom-initialize-changed (symbol value)
88 "Initialize SYMBOL with VALUE.
70647e33 89Like `custom-initialize-reset', but only use the `:set' function if the
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90not using the standard setting.
91For the standard setting, use the `set-default'."
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92 (cond ((default-boundp symbol)
93 (funcall (or (get symbol 'custom-set) 'set-default)
94 symbol
95 (funcall (or (get symbol 'custom-get) 'default-value)
96 symbol)))
97 ((get symbol 'saved-value)
98 (funcall (or (get symbol 'custom-set) 'set-default)
99 symbol
100 (eval (car (get symbol 'saved-value)))))
101 (t
102 (set-default symbol (eval value)))))
103
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104(defun custom-declare-variable (symbol default doc &rest args)
105 "Like `defcustom', but SYMBOL and DEFAULT are evaluated as normal arguments.
106DEFAULT should be an expression to evaluate to compute the default value,
107not the default value itself."
25ac13b5 108 ;; Remember the standard setting.
255d8b97 109 (put symbol 'standard-value (list default))
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110 ;; Maybe this option was rogue in an earlier version. It no longer is.
111 (when (get symbol 'force-value)
bd042c03 112 (put symbol 'force-value nil))
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113 (when doc
114 (put symbol 'variable-documentation doc))
71bd46d2 115 (let ((initialize 'custom-initialize-reset)
6d528fc5 116 (requests nil))
70647e33 117 (while args
6d528fc5 118 (let ((arg (car args)))
d543e20b 119 (setq args (cdr args))
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120 (unless (symbolp arg)
121 (error "Junk in args %S" args))
122 (let ((keyword arg)
123 (value (car args)))
124 (unless args
125 (error "Keyword %s is missing an argument" keyword))
126 (setq args (cdr args))
127 (cond ((eq keyword :initialize)
128 (setq initialize value))
129 ((eq keyword :set)
130 (put symbol 'custom-set value))
131 ((eq keyword :get)
132 (put symbol 'custom-get value))
133 ((eq keyword :require)
67efacf8 134 (setq requests (cons value requests)))
6d528fc5 135 ((eq keyword :type)
3920868a 136 (put symbol 'custom-type (purecopy value)))
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137 ((eq keyword :options)
138 (if (get symbol 'custom-options)
139 ;; Slow safe code to avoid duplicates.
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140 (mapc (lambda (option)
141 (custom-add-option symbol option))
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142 value)
143 ;; Fast code for the common case.
144 (put symbol 'custom-options (copy-sequence value))))
145 (t
146 (custom-handle-keyword symbol keyword value
147 'custom-variable))))))
148 (put symbol 'custom-requests requests)
149 ;; Do the actual initialization.
255d8b97 150 (funcall initialize symbol default))
7c573adb 151 (setq current-load-list (cons symbol current-load-list))
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152 (run-hooks 'custom-define-hook)
153 symbol)
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155(defmacro defcustom (symbol value doc &rest args)
156 "Declare SYMBOL as a customizable variable that defaults to VALUE.
157DOC is the variable documentation.
41487370 158
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159Neither SYMBOL nor VALUE needs to be quoted.
160If SYMBOL is not already bound, initialize it to VALUE.
161The remaining arguments should have the form
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70647e33 163 [KEYWORD VALUE]...
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e612f4bd 165The following keywords are meaningful:
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167:type VALUE should be a widget type for editing the symbols value.
168 The default is `sexp'.
d543e20b 169:options VALUE should be a list of valid members of the widget type.
70647e33 170:group VALUE should be a customization group.
d543e20b 171 Add SYMBOL to that group.
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172:initialize
173 VALUE should be a function used to initialize the
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174 variable. It takes two arguments, the symbol and value
175 given in the `defcustom' call. The default is
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176 `custom-initialize-default'
177:set VALUE should be a function to set the value of the symbol.
6d528fc5 178 It takes two arguments, the symbol to set and the value to
7ddd6031 179 give it. The default choice of function is `custom-set-default'.
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180:get VALUE should be a function to extract the value of symbol.
181 The function takes one argument, a symbol, and should return
e612f4bd 182 the current value for that symbol. The default choice of function
70647e33 183 is `custom-default-value'.
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184:require
185 VALUE should be a feature symbol. If you save a value
186 for this option, then when your `.emacs' file loads the value,
187 it does (require VALUE) first.
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188:version
189 VALUE should be a string specifying that the variable was
190 first introduced, or its default value was changed, in Emacs
191 version VERSION.
41487370 192
305ec106 193Read the section about customization in the Emacs Lisp manual for more
d543e20b 194information."
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195 ;; It is better not to use backquote in this file,
196 ;; because that makes a bootstrapping problem
197 ;; if you need to recompile all the Lisp files using interpreted code.
198 (nconc (list 'custom-declare-variable
199 (list 'quote symbol)
200 (list 'quote value)
201 doc)
202 args))
41487370 203
d543e20b 204;;; The `defface' Macro.
41487370 205
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206(defmacro defface (face spec doc &rest args)
207 "Declare FACE as a customizable face that defaults to SPEC.
208FACE does not need to be quoted.
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d543e20b 210Third argument DOC is the face documentation.
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212If FACE has been set with `custom-set-face', set the face attributes
213as specified by that function, otherwise set the face attributes
214according to SPEC.
41487370 215
d543e20b 216The remaining arguments should have the form
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d543e20b 218 [KEYWORD VALUE]...
41487370 219
aafc86d2 220The following KEYWORDs are defined:
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222:group VALUE should be a customization group.
223 Add FACE to that group.
41487370 224
d543e20b 225SPEC should be an alist of the form ((DISPLAY ATTS)...).
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227The first element of SPEC where the DISPLAY matches the frame
228is the one that takes effect in that frame. The ATTRs in this
229element take effect; the other elements are ignored, on that frame.
41487370 230
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231ATTS is a list of face attributes followed by their values:
232 (ATTR VALUE ATTR VALUE...)
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233
234The possible attributes are `:family', `:width', `:height', `:weight',
235`:slant', `:underline', `:overline', `:strike-through', `:box',
236`:foreground', `:background', `:stipple', and `:inverse-video'.
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238DISPLAY can either be the symbol t, which will match all frames, or an
239alist of the form \((REQ ITEM...)...). For the DISPLAY to match a
240FRAME, the REQ property of the frame must match one of the ITEM. The
241following REQ are defined:
41487370 242
d543e20b 243`type' (the value of `window-system')
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244 Under X, in addition to the values `window-system' can take,
245 `motif', `lucid' and `x-toolkit' are allowed, and match when
246 the Motif toolkit, Lucid toolkit, or any X toolkit is in use.
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248`class' (the frame's color support)
249 Should be one of `color', `grayscale', or `mono'.
41487370 250
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251`background' (what color is used for the background text)
252 Should be one of `light' or `dark'.
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305ec106 254Read the section about customization in the Emacs Lisp manual for more
d543e20b 255information."
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256 ;; It is better not to use backquote in this file,
257 ;; because that makes a bootstrapping problem
258 ;; if you need to recompile all the Lisp files using interpreted code.
259 (nconc (list 'custom-declare-face (list 'quote face) spec doc) args))
41487370 260
d543e20b 261;;; The `defgroup' Macro.
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263(defun custom-declare-group (symbol members doc &rest args)
264 "Like `defgroup', but SYMBOL is evaluated as a normal argument."
70647e33 265 (while members
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266 (apply 'custom-add-to-group symbol (car members))
267 (setq members (cdr members)))
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268 (put symbol 'custom-group (nconc members (get symbol 'custom-group)))
269 (when doc
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270 ;; This text doesn't get into DOC.
271 (put symbol 'group-documentation (purecopy doc)))
70647e33 272 (while args
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273 (let ((arg (car args)))
274 (setq args (cdr args))
275 (unless (symbolp arg)
276 (error "Junk in args %S" args))
277 (let ((keyword arg)
278 (value (car args)))
279 (unless args
280 (error "Keyword %s is missing an argument" keyword))
281 (setq args (cdr args))
282 (cond ((eq keyword :prefix)
283 (put symbol 'custom-prefix value))
284 (t
285 (custom-handle-keyword symbol keyword value
286 'custom-group))))))
287 (run-hooks 'custom-define-hook)
288 symbol)
289
290(defmacro defgroup (symbol members doc &rest args)
291 "Declare SYMBOL as a customization group containing MEMBERS.
292SYMBOL does not need to be quoted.
293
294Third arg DOC is the group documentation.
295
296MEMBERS should be an alist of the form ((NAME WIDGET)...) where
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297NAME is a symbol and WIDGET is a widget for editing that symbol.
298Useful widgets are `custom-variable' for editing variables,
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299`custom-face' for edit faces, and `custom-group' for editing groups.
300
301The remaining arguments should have the form
302
70647e33 303 [KEYWORD VALUE]...
d543e20b 304
2538076d 305The following KEYWORDs are defined:
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307:group VALUE should be a customization group.
308 Add SYMBOL to that group.
309
310:version VALUE should be a string specifying that the group was introduced
311 in Emacs version VERSION.
d543e20b 312
305ec106 313Read the section about customization in the Emacs Lisp manual for more
d543e20b 314information."
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315 ;; It is better not to use backquote in this file,
316 ;; because that makes a bootstrapping problem
317 ;; if you need to recompile all the Lisp files using interpreted code.
318 (nconc (list 'custom-declare-group (list 'quote symbol) members doc) args))
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319
320(defun custom-add-to-group (group option widget)
321 "To existing GROUP add a new OPTION of type WIDGET.
322If there already is an entry for that option, overwrite it."
323 (let* ((members (get group 'custom-group))
324 (old (assq option members)))
325 (if old
326 (setcar (cdr old) widget)
327 (put group 'custom-group (nconc members (list (list option widget)))))))
328
329;;; Properties.
330
331(defun custom-handle-all-keywords (symbol args type)
332 "For customization option SYMBOL, handle keyword arguments ARGS.
333Third argument TYPE is the custom option type."
70647e33 334 (while args
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335 (let ((arg (car args)))
336 (setq args (cdr args))
337 (unless (symbolp arg)
338 (error "Junk in args %S" args))
339 (let ((keyword arg)
340 (value (car args)))
341 (unless args
342 (error "Keyword %s is missing an argument" keyword))
343 (setq args (cdr args))
70647e33 344 (custom-handle-keyword symbol keyword value type)))))
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345
346(defun custom-handle-keyword (symbol keyword value type)
347 "For customization option SYMBOL, handle KEYWORD with VALUE.
348Fourth argument TYPE is the custom option type."
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349 (if purify-flag
350 (setq value (purecopy value)))
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351 (cond ((eq keyword :group)
352 (custom-add-to-group value symbol type))
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353 ((eq keyword :version)
354 (custom-add-version symbol value))
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355 ((eq keyword :link)
356 (custom-add-link symbol value))
357 ((eq keyword :load)
358 (custom-add-load symbol value))
359 ((eq keyword :tag)
360 (put symbol 'custom-tag value))
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361 ((eq keyword :set-after)
362 (custom-add-dependencies symbol value))
41487370 363 (t
2a6b2356 364 (error "Unknown keyword %s" keyword))))
d543e20b 365
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366(defun custom-add-dependencies (symbol value)
367 "To the custom option SYMBOL, add dependencies specified by VALUE.
368VALUE should be a list of symbols. For each symbol in that list,
369this specifies that SYMBOL should be set after the specified symbol, if
370both appear in constructs like `custom-set-variables'."
371 (unless (listp value)
372 (error "Invalid custom dependency `%s'" value))
373 (let* ((deps (get symbol 'custom-dependencies))
374 (new-deps deps))
375 (while value
376 (let ((dep (car value)))
377 (unless (symbolp dep)
378 (error "Invalid custom dependency `%s'" dep))
379 (unless (memq dep new-deps)
380 (setq new-deps (cons dep new-deps)))
381 (setq value (cdr value))))
382 (unless (eq deps new-deps)
383 (put symbol 'custom-dependencies new-deps))))
384
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385(defun custom-add-option (symbol option)
386 "To the variable SYMBOL add OPTION.
387
388If SYMBOL is a hook variable, OPTION should be a hook member.
389For other types variables, the effect is undefined."
390 (let ((options (get symbol 'custom-options)))
391 (unless (member option options)
392 (put symbol 'custom-options (cons option options)))))
393
394(defun custom-add-link (symbol widget)
395 "To the custom option SYMBOL add the link WIDGET."
396 (let ((links (get symbol 'custom-links)))
397 (unless (member widget links)
32651a48 398 (put symbol 'custom-links (cons (purecopy widget) links)))))
d543e20b 399
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400(defun custom-add-version (symbol version)
401 "To the custom option SYMBOL add the version VERSION."
32651a48 402 (put symbol 'custom-version (purecopy version)))
c743cc52 403
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404(defun custom-add-load (symbol load)
405 "To the custom option SYMBOL add the dependency LOAD.
406LOAD should be either a library file name, or a feature name."
407 (let ((loads (get symbol 'custom-loads)))
408 (unless (member load loads)
32651a48 409 (put symbol 'custom-loads (cons (purecopy load) loads)))))
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410
411;;; Initializing.
412
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413(defvar custom-local-buffer nil
414 "Non-nil, in a Customization buffer, means customize a specific buffer.
415If this variable is non-nil, it should be a buffer,
416and it means customize the local bindings of that buffer.
417This variable is a permanent local, and it normally has a local binding
418in every Customization buffer.")
419(put 'custom-local-buffer 'permanent-local t)
420
d543e20b 421(defun custom-set-variables (&rest args)
70647e33 422 "Initialize variables according to user preferences.
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423
424The arguments should be a list where each entry has the form:
425
70647e33 426 (SYMBOL VALUE [NOW [REQUEST [COMMENT]]])
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427
428The unevaluated VALUE is stored as the saved value for SYMBOL.
429If NOW is present and non-nil, VALUE is also evaluated and bound as
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430the default value for the SYMBOL.
431REQUEST is a list of features we must require for SYMBOL.
432COMMENT is a comment string about SYMBOL."
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433 (setq args
434 (sort args
435 (lambda (a1 a2)
436 (let* ((sym1 (car a1))
437 (sym2 (car a2))
438 (1-then-2 (memq sym1 (get sym2 'custom-dependencies)))
439 (2-then-1 (memq sym2 (get sym1 'custom-dependencies))))
440 (cond ((and 1-then-2 2-then-1)
441 (error "Circular custom dependency between `%s' and `%s'"
442 sym1 sym2))
443 (2-then-1 nil)
444 (t t))))))
70647e33 445 (while args
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446 (let ((entry (car args)))
447 (if (listp entry)
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448 (let* ((symbol (nth 0 entry))
449 (value (nth 1 entry))
450 (now (nth 2 entry))
451 (requests (nth 3 entry))
70647e33 452 (comment (nth 4 entry))
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453 set)
454 (when requests
455 (put symbol 'custom-requests requests)
b3489c06 456 (mapc 'require requests))
98743206 457 (setq set (or (get symbol 'custom-set) 'custom-set-default))
d543e20b 458 (put symbol 'saved-value (list value))
70647e33 459 (put symbol 'saved-variable-comment comment)
733e8270 460 ;; Allow for errors in the case where the setter has
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461 ;; changed between versions, say, but let the user know.
462 (condition-case data
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463 (cond (now
464 ;; Rogue variable, set it now.
465 (put symbol 'force-value t)
466 (funcall set symbol (eval value)))
467 ((default-boundp symbol)
468 ;; Something already set this, overwrite it.
469 (funcall set symbol (eval value))))
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470 (error
471 (message "Error setting %s: %s" symbol data)))
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472 (setq args (cdr args))
473 (and (or now (default-boundp symbol))
474 (put symbol 'variable-comment comment)))
d543e20b 475 ;; Old format, a plist of SYMBOL VALUE pairs.
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476 (message "Warning: old format `custom-set-variables'")
477 (ding)
478 (sit-for 2)
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479 (let ((symbol (nth 0 args))
480 (value (nth 1 args)))
481 (put symbol 'saved-value (list value)))
482 (setq args (cdr (cdr args)))))))
483
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484(defun custom-set-default (variable value)
485 "Default :set function for a customizable variable.
486Normally, this sets the default value of VARIABLE to VALUE,
487but if `custom-local-buffer' is non-nil,
488this sets the local binding in that buffer instead."
489 (if custom-local-buffer
490 (with-current-buffer custom-local-buffer
491 (set variable value))
492 (set-default variable value)))
493
d543e20b 494;;; The End.
41487370 495
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496;; Process the defcustoms for variables loaded before this file.
497(while custom-declare-variable-list
498 (apply 'custom-declare-variable (car custom-declare-variable-list))
499 (setq custom-declare-variable-list (cdr custom-declare-variable-list)))
500
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501(provide 'custom)
502
70647e33 503;;; custom.el ends here